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la

feminine

/mɔʁɡ/

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Translation

morgue, mortuary

Word origin

An older French word for a haughty stare, then for the room in a prison where new arrivals were stared at, and finally for the place where unidentified bodies were viewed.

Origin
French
Root
morgue
English cognates
morgue

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralmorgues

Examples

transporté .

The body was taken to the morgue.

l'.

He works nights at the hospital morgue.

l' .

The police rang her to come to the morgue.

.

Two doctors were waiting outside the morgue.

.

She came out of the morgue in tears.

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This word is part of lesson 60.